Where does “rivitanssi” come from?

rivitanssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tanssi, from Swedish dans, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

rivitanssi (Finnish): line dance

Definitions

  1. line dance

Ancestry of “rivitanssi”, step by step

rivitanssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tanssi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanssidance; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Swedishdansdance
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

via Finnish rivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrivirow, line; line; rank
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →